Description |
314 pages ; 23 cm. |
Summary |
In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship, take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read. This electric and heartfelt novel-in-verse by poet Kwame Alexander bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks, action and emotion of a World Cup match! |
Audience |
660L Lexile |
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660L Lexile |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 3.9 3 181133 |
Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 3.9 3 181133 |
Subject |
Soccer -- Fiction.
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Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers
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Soccer -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans.
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Local Subject |
REBECCA CAUDILL AWARD [2019 NOMINEE]s
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Genre |
Young adult fiction
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Novels in verse.
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ISBN |
9780544570986 |
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0544570987 |
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